ORGANIZATION ENTERPRISES. 



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for its own expenses and to be disbursed by its own secretary, 

 except in the country represented by the president, where all 

 the funds collected shall be retained, but that country shall pay 

 its share of the general expenses. The executive committee 

 has power to publish a periodical of the size and frequency of 

 issue warranted by the funds, and which shall be sent free to 

 all members of the society. In the absence of meetings of the 

 executive committee, the president, first vice-president, secre- 

 tary-treasurer, and the secretary-treasurer of the country repre- 

 sented by the president, shall constitute a finance committee, 

 which shall audit the accounts of the society, any two of whom 

 shall constitute a quorum. 



" The president, first vice-president, secretary-treasurer, 

 and secretary-treasurer of the country represented by the presi- 

 dent, constitute the committee on by-laws of the World's Hor- 

 ticultural Society, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum." 



It will be seen that the completion of the organization of 

 the society lies with the three officers chosen at Chicago. The 

 president is to appoint the vice-president in each country, and 

 this officer, in turn, appoints the secretary-treasurer for his 

 country. Probably a year will elapse before the details of this 

 organization are completed, even for the chief horticultural 

 countries of the world, and before active work can be under- 

 taken. In the meantime, the constitution and an explanatory 

 circular have been translated into French, German and Span- 

 ish, and have been dispatched to the agricultural and horti- 

 cultural press of the world. 



The mission of the society must lie in the collection and pub- 

 lication of information in the form of directories, statistics and 

 abstracts, which shall be of such character as to facilitate busi- 

 ness or aid inquirers and students. The publication will pro- 

 bably be made in four languages, and it will be distributed to 

 all members of the society. Some of the specific directions in 

 which the society may render invaluable service are in compil- 

 ing reports upon the following topics : Directories of official 

 (governmental) bureaus which have charge of horticultural 

 industries. Laws concerning the transportation of plants, and 

 those designed to control the spread of insect pests and plant 

 diseases. Directories of the horticultural societies of the world, 

 and similar ones of firms or individuals interested in particular 

 pursuits or trades. Directories already in existence can be 

 translated and distributed. Directories of colleges and schools 

 engaged in agricultural instruction, with synopses of methods. 

 Directories of periodicals. Lists of the books of each year. 

 Digests of important experiments. Crop and market reports. 

 Botanic gardens of the world. The central office should acquire 



